How to Use MKV Converter to Convert MKV to AVI

What's MKV video format?

An MKV file is a Matroska file, the Matroska Multimedia Container is an open standard free Container format . It is similar in conception to other containers like AVI, MP4 or ASF, but is entirely open in specification, with implementations consisting mostly of open source software. Matroska file types are .MKV for video (with subtitles and audio), .MKA for audio-only files and .MKS for subtitles only.

How to use Windows Media Player to play MKV video files?

Many people who download a file with the extension MKV will often try to play it back with video player software they have installed on their systems. Most of the time this doesn't work. As it is based on DirectShow Windows Media Player will play back MKV files perfectly if you have the proper codecs and filters installed. A great help here is the Matroska Pack. This pack is an ideal solution for new users as it installs pretty much all you will need to play MKV files. Download the Matraoka Pack from its official site: http://www.matroska.org/

1Download MKV video converter

Video Converter Ultimate can support MKV, WMV, AVI, ect. any common formats, you can free download it then install and run it.

2 Load video files and select output formats

Click "Add" button to load the MKV video files. Aimersoft MKV video converter supports MKV to AVI, MKV to MP4 and MKV to other videos.

And as it's a standard video converter you can also use it to convert video formats between MKV, WMV, AVI, 3GP, MPEG, RMVB, MOV, FLV, etc to play them on any digital media players such as iPod, Zune, Creative Zen, PSP, Mobile phone, etc.

3 Edit output files

After loading the MKV video files, click "Edit" button you will open the interface below which is a two real-time preview windows to see the differences before and after you editing the videos.

1. Adjust brightness, contrast, saturation, etc in the "Effect" selection.
2."Crop and Trim" help you cut off the undesired area from your movie video and choose your favorite clips to convert.
3."Merge multiple videos" into a single longer movie file just choose the merge check box.
4."Snapshot" your favorite picture as an image file
5.Either customizable text or image watermark designing empowers you to coin and color your video files in a personalized way.
6. Select different video aspect ratio from full screen, 16:9, 4:3 and Keep Original.

4 Start to convert MKV to AVI

Click the "Start" button to start convert MKV to AVI.

Note: If you want to merge several videos to one file, just tick "Merge into one file" at the lower right corner.

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